Washington, Nov. 14 -- The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lifted a nationwide ground stop that halted aircraft departures from airports across the country following a major telecommunications outage affecting air traffic control operations.
"The FAA Command Center nationwide ground stop has been cancelled," the regulator said in a notice published on its website.
Earlier on Friday, the FAA had ordered a nationwide suspension of aircraft departures from all US airports due to emergency circumstances and safety concerns. Inbound international flights were to be handled on a case-by-case basis.
The FAA halted all departing flights at approximately 3:54 PM EST on Friday (2:24 AM IST on Saturday) and lifted the restriction at 8:...